Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Oct. 1, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Oct. 1, 1975, Muhammad Ali took on Joe Frazier in ...

As he taunted Joe Frazier, former heavyweight champion of the world, Muhammad Ali, current champ, pointed at the custom black T-shirts he and his entourage sported as they crashed the Aug. 26, 1975, ...

The Goldin Touch episode 5 sees Ken Goldin uncover rare Ali and Frazier robes from the legendary Thrilla in Manila fight.

The “Thrilla in Manila” is not just about Muhammad Ali’s victory in his third and final fight with Joe Frazier, 50 years ago. In the months before the fight, Ali set a cruel agenda and, on the night, ...

It was the perfect bookend to the first one, which was the greatest sporting event in world history. And, for pure tenacity, this one was even better. Oct. 1, 1975 — 50 years since Joe Frazier met ...

They despised each other with every fiber of their being. Each gladly sacrificed sweat and blood to inflict pain on the other. And when their bodies became too battered and exhausted to keep their ...

On the morning of 1 October 1975, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier stepped into a boxing ring in the Philippines to duke it out for the heavyweight championship of the world. The “Thrilla in Manila”, ...

TOP Rank promoter Bob Arum, who played a major role in the staging of the “Thrilla in Manila” between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier at the Araneta Coliseum on Oct. 1, 1975, blasted the producers of the ...

Promotional advertisement for the Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier heavyweight fight on October 1, 1975, printed in green and red ink with small portraits of Ali and Frazier, both in red. On the left side ...